Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-09

PhGnix. The article on Millionaire Nj.
| nersv in the Times OF Sunday, describing
1.-THE good fortune Of Msckay and Jones, Of
ID. q. Mills and Washington Connor, has
been a. generally discussed In society as n
II were the dantiest morsel OF gossip.
There Is young gentleman In New York
society Of whom the papers have mnde fun
as "Tommy Popgun." He has rome 10
India, where be expects - achieve great
fame In the jungles. Passing through
England, be was entertained by Sir Thomas
Br8ssey and Lady Brassey on board their
yacht, the Sunbeam, and his father fondIy
shows A letter from "Tommy" announcing
how "Her Ladyshipv walks, how I" Her
Ledyshipv eats, how "Iler Ladyship"
dresses her hair. AT the end Is a postscript
which was inadvertently shown 10 a visitor
"Dear Father,--Please have this published
IN the Burlington Free Press" Need
say that Tommy Popgun's family have a.
country house at Burlingtonf
Everybody was at the opera on Monday
night 70 see the first performance Of "Mer-
lin" One OF the youngest and prettiest
dfbutantes OF the season made agreat sensa-
ton In the boxes. Well, IL will hardly be
believed, but she wears a wig. would not
be so upgallant as TO mention It were il not
that she makes no secret OF the fact. She
amuses her friends by cooking the wig over
her eye and otherwise humorously disport-
ing herself. She is very charming, unai-
fected. and beautiful girl, aud when she has
wholly recovered from her illuess and her
hair has grown again there will be no love-
lier bride in New York.
Artistic dinners are all the fashion. So
ciety Is permeated with grdndeS danes OF
the order OF Nine. Edmond Adam in
Paris, who make much OF actors and sing
ers, and introduce them to the best draw
ing-rooms. Mrs. w. S. Williams, wife Of
the president Of the cable road, is the fore
most among these ladies. She used TO
have quartet Of her own, as the late King
OF Bavaria bad his own band Of musicians.
She has now taken up Nine. Trebili, the
contralto, and NJ. Divide Musin, the VIC.
hDist, and is bringing them into society.
BY the way, Miss Fortescue is not going
TO marry MIR. Terry, her leading man.
There T. still chance for the Garmoyles
OF America.
NEW YORE's FOREST OF nAsTs.
see that about 1000 foreign vessels ar.
rived at the port Of New York last year.
The total number Of foreign and domestic
vessels that arrived here In 1SS6is estimated
OF $4,000. The Hebrew, Ezekiel, breaks
into feryid eoquence in celebrating the
commercial splendor Of the great emporium
Of $500 years ago. Tyre, with its multi
tude Of ships and its traffic In gold, purple
and ivory, the wine Of IIelbon, silver, cas-
sis, white wool, and precious stones; but
what was Tyre, though 1t was "merchant
OF the people for many isles" and traded
with Judah and the land Of Israel,
Arabia, Sheba, and the Princes OF kedar,
compared 10 this hons whelp Of the West
ern World, New York; Hither comes the
gold Of Europe, the opium, coffee, and pre-.
cious gums OF the Orient, the altar OF roses
from Turkey, the precious stones OF far
off mines, the fruits OF Sicily, France, and
Spain, the rich silks OF Lyons, the wines OF
Bordeaux, the fine linen OF Belfast; the
bananas, cocoanuts, oranges, and sugar OF
the West Indies; the tin Of Cornwall and
Malacca; the tea, cassia, and camphOr Of
Marco Polo's "Far Cathay"; the spices
Of Zanzibar and Ceylon, and, in a word.
all the rich products OF the earth. And
they come, for the most part, In great
steamers compared TO which the ships OF
syria and PhGnicia would seem little larger
than the ordinary lighter in the harbor OF
New York. "Of the oaks OF Bashan have
they made thine oars" sings the slcred
Hebrew poet in celebration OF Tyre. " The
company of the Ashurites have made the
benches Of ivory brought out OF the isles OF
Chitim." What shall we think OF such
craft compared with the modern steamers
Of 1000 tons probably, at least seventy
times as large, and propelled not by the
brawny arms Of long line Of rowers, but
by that mysterious agent stranger than any
thing I'm Persian tale or an ancient sor-
cerel's imagination, steamY
In 1885 some 5000 vessels carrying a
foreign Gag came to New York. The num-
her has decreased since then because steam
ers are driving out sailing craft, and one
voyage OF good-sized steamer is equal TO
half dozen or more Of the average sail
.ng.Vessel. Most OF the vessels leaving
here for foreign ports 90 TO Great Britain,
Germany, France, Italy, and the West In
dies, though many go TO remote ports IN
ASIA and Africa. Most OF the vessels in
the foreign trade are owned abroad. For
several years no American craft has car
ried grain to foreign marts. American YES
sells take considerable petroleum to various
parts of the world, but there is this dlsad-
vantage in that branch OF traffic, that yes
sci once given up to the petroleum trade is
never thereafter suitable for any other.